Audubon’s Everglades Science Center - Photographs
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Abstract
A flock of mixed species birds wading and feeding in the shallows of Fisheating Creek.
Keywords
Environmental protection, Wildlife conservation, Wetland ecology, Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.), Birds, Florida, Riparian areas, White ibis, Fisheating Creek, Egret, North and Central America, United States, Glades
Description
1 online resource ( 1 photo: color)
Subject: geographic
Florida
Subject: Topical
Environmental protection; Wildlife conservation; Wetland ecology; Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.); Birds; Riparian areas; White ibis; Fisheating Creek; Egret
Type
Image
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Threskiornithidae
Genus
Eudocimus
State
Florida
Species
Eudocimus albus
Continent
North and Central America
Country
United States
County
Glades
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Identifier
A64-00921
Notes
The ibis have slightly curved beaks. The great egret is the tallest bird in the center of the flock. The cattle egret are the same size as the ibis but have a straight beak. Dated December 1959.; Additional zoological classifications: Animalia -- Chordata -- Aves -- Pelecaniformes -- Ardeidae -- Ardea -- Ardea alba -- Great Egret; Additional zoological classifications: Animalia -- Chordata -- Aves -- Pelecaniformes -- Ardeidae -- Bubulcus -- Bubulcus ibis -- Cattle Egret
Keywords
Environmental protection, Wildlife conservation, Wetland ecology, Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.), Birds, Florida, Riparian areas, White ibis, Fisheating Creek, Egret, North and Central America, United States, Glades